The former NSW premier has become a prominent fighting figure for Labor, attempting to punch back at the Morrison government and its head-kicker-in-chief, Peter Dutton, over immigration, right-wing terrorism and border security.

No one told Muhammed Shahid when he picked up his taxi for his shift in Melbourne that another driver had died in the same vehicle the night before.

Melbourne and Geelong are playing off for a place in the AFL Grand Final.

Parts of the D’Aguilar and Bruce highways have been cordoned off as specialist police use drones to search for the man who allegedly fired shots.

The ATO stopped or identified more than $1 billion in questionable payments under the federal government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy program, saying the level of wrongful claims under the massive scheme was “extremely low”.

The national sergeant-at-arms of the bikie gang overcame the authorities’ attempts to keep him under control in NSW and despite COVID-19 travel restrictions.

The case, which had the potential to put some of the biggest names in rugby league on the stand, won’t proceed to a hearing.

The planned meeting will offer Morrison an important opportunity to cement a personal relationship with Biden eight months after he entered the White House.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on the Run To The Rose program.

The fifth Test between England and India at Old Trafford has been cancelled. The England Cricket Board confirmed the news via a statement.

After weeks under the toughest border regime in place between the states throughout the pandemic, wider cross-border travel will return with 12 NSW local government areas from 1am Monday.

A 34-year-old truck driver who recently travelled through New South Wales and into Western Australia has been charged over alleged breaches of emergency laws put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

​Moses Obeid “could be dead by the end of the year” if he was sent to jail while Covid-19 was in the NSW prison system, his barrister told court.

Retailers have been on the receiving end of customer discontent over Australia Post’s delivery delays as the country’s parcel services slowly start to improve.

Kitsch isn’t just something cheap and sentimental; its main distinction is obviousness. In art, it has become legitimised by an insatiable taste for irony.

The free agency period won’t contain the big names of previous years, but the Bombers are expected to sign Jake Kelly when it opens in three weeks.

Greg Domaszewicz must donate $100 to charity after a run-in with a group of cricketers over a remote-controlled car.

The opposition proposed a bill under which offenders could be punished for the public display of swastikas, with exemptions for its use by religious communities.

By nearly all measurements, this year’s Brownlow Medal winner will come from one of three players – Clayton Oliver, Ollie Wines or Marcus Bontempelli. It’s not a year for a stand-out favourite.

If there’s one empowering message 21st-century Hollywood delivers with great regularity, it’s that everybody is capable of becoming a stone-cold killer.

After 9/11 novelists responded in different ways in their fiction.

The book-free library emerged as yoga and playgroups encroached. Now there’s hope in buildings that offer flavour, style, comfort and, above all, books.

When podcaster Eric Mennel started digging through the contents of a box owned by a mysterious eccentric, little did he imagine how it might affect him.

A New York posting was to be a new chapter in the lives of one Australian couple. And after the September 11 terror attacks it proved to be exactly that – in an altogether unexpected way.

Portraits of a war-battered country, from moments of high drama to the superhuman will to endure. Contains graphic content.

The footage allegedly shows a live rabbit being thrown into a bin of carcasses as another lies dead on the ground. Others appear to be suffering from open wounds and exposed bones.

This episode of Good Weekend Talks looks at Afghanistan – from the withdrawal of US military and the fall of Kabul to the latest incarnation of the Taliban and what the upheaval means for Afghans now and in the future.

The former Kangaroos star was charged by police after he was pulled over near Lithgow, 150km from his Gymea home, while Sydney was in lockdown.

Margaret Lowden, who suffers from early onset dementia and requires a walking frame, was found in thick bush close to her Greenfields retirement home.

A sunny weekend ahead as the weather warms up in NSW.

Victoria Police has issued four more fines to worshippers who attended an illegal gathering in Melbourne’s inner-south, while another man has been charged over the alleged assault of a news cameraman on Tuesday evening.

Halfway through burying a man whose penis had been cut off after he was violently bashed, Byron Naylor and his accomplice left the body in the forest to go buy a new shovel, a court has heard.

It’s a renter’s market, apparently, but those virtual inspections look like a scene from David Lynch.

The legacy of Godolphin’s Flying Start might come back to haunt it if In The Congo can overturn favourite Anamoe in The Run To The Rose on Saturday.

It’s the proven class of Mo’unga up against the promise of Incentivise in the $1 million Makybe Diva that looks to have regained its lost glory.

Catherine Dior went from a gilded youth to the horrors of war, but her unwavering loyalty is at the heart of a fashion empire.

Sarah Walker’s writing in her essay collection is strikingly good.

Charlotte McConaghy’s latest novel takes a plan to reintroduce wolves in Scotland as its starting point.

Greg Sheridan has much to say about his faith, and is open to all Christian experience.

To say Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty nails the zeitgeist is an understatement, as family tensions boil with renewed fervour.

Kacey Musgraves’ “star-crossed”, Snowy Band’s Alternate endings, Zane Carney Quintet’s Alter Ego, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders’ Hijeck! and Marisa Anderson and William Tyler’s Lost Futures.

Kerryn Goldsworthy and Fiona Capp have looked at a batch of recently released fiction and non-fiction books. Here are their verdicts.

With a string of new roles, including a return to Batman next year, the defiantly independent actor is keeping things interesting.

The vibe has soured in one pocket of Brunswick, but elsewhere, there’s hope for harmony.

Malcolm Traill, who had been working for a complementary medicine provider, has been temporarily banned from offering any health services while an official investigation is under way.

From humble beginnings to Hollywood star quality and being available to millions via Xbox Game Pass, The Artful Escape is a game that grabs people.

The counsel assisting also recommended 23 adverse findings against a Sydney-based care provider accused of failing to prevent violence and abuse towards vulnerable clients.

The NSW government plans to have the first groups of children returning to school on October 25 and all students back by November 8; up to three weeks after vaccinated adults could return to pubs.

The WA budget reveals the state’s domestic economy grew by 4.3 per cent, driven by business investment and retail spending as well as upticks in home and car purchases.

With three different varieties of a bomb, Nathan Cleary’s kicking game is a key weapon for the Panthers. And a nightmare for rivals.